Folding seat



A. E. RHOADES.

FOLDING SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 4. 1920.

1 348, 375. Patented Aug. 3, 1920.v

Invenror. Alonzo E Rhoadca yfza/wl Anya To all whom it may concern:

of the machine. I

UNITED STATES,

PATENT. OFFICE, 1

ALONZO E. RHOADES, 0F HOPEDALE, MASSACHUSETTS; ASSIGNOCR. T0 DRAPER CORPO- BATION, OF HOPEDALE, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

FOLDING SEAT.

Application filed March 4,

' Be it known that I, ALoNzo E. RHoAoEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hopedale, county of .Worcester, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Folding Seats, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawing, is a specification, like characters on the drawing representing like parts. I r

This invention relates to improvements in folding seats especially designed for spoolers, spinning frames, looms, or other similar machines andthe object thereof is to provide a seat of this type which when in open position will stand in a horizontal plane projecting beyond the end of the machine frame and which when in closed position will stand in a substantially vertical position parallel to or close against the front or back of the machine and to provide a movable connection between the seat and its attaching bracket which will directly control or effect the movement of the seat between such an open and such a closed position.

It is usually desirable that such folding seats which are used by the operatives chiefly for rest shall occupy'as little space as possible and shall when in closed position allow free passage 7 for the operatives between closely adjacent machines. Itis also usually desirable that such seats shall either automatically move to closed position orremain in open position according to the desires of the particular operatives.

The present invention presents a seat which when in open position extends beyond the end of the frame ofthe'machine enabling the operative to sit in the spacejbetween adjacent machines and which is movable to a closed position up against. the front or back It is the objectof the invention further to provide a simple and strong construction of seat .embodying the desired characteristics which may be readily applied to existing machines. a I

Theseand other objects and features of the invention will appear more fully from the accompanying description and drawings 'and will be particularly .pointed out in the claims. T

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation partially Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 3. 1920.

1920. Serial No. 363,230.

broken away of a folding seat and supporting bracket embodying "the invention illustrating the same as attached to aportion of a machine frame. l Fig. [2 is a plan view of the construction shown in Fig. -1. I Fig. 3 is a detail in cross section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

WVhile the invention is particularly adapted for textile machinery it is obviously usefulin connection with any machine or structure in which it is desirable to have a movable seat which 'canbe placed in horizontal or operative open position and which whennot in use-isfolded to a substantially vertical or inoperative position at the front or back of the machine.

The aisles between the rows of textile machines running in both directions are made as narrow as possible and it is therefore desirable that such a seat shall fold as closely against the machine frame as possible when not in use,

Some operatives prefer thatfthe loom seat shallbe automatically-thrown into inoperative position when released, while other operatives prefer to have the loom seat normally remaln lIl'llOIlZOIlilfil operative pos1-' tion but also be capable of being released to and retained in inoperative position when the operative leaves the seat. In this respect the present invention preferably makes use of means. similar to those described in 'my Patent No. 1,329,546, granted February flange at the edge of the frame. The section 2 of the bracket which in this instance is shown at the front of the frame 1 is provided at the front of the frame with a vertically extended boss or socket 6.

LA support is mounted for-vertical rotation in this boss 6 and is shown as a stud 7 seated in the boss'andhaving ahead 8 resting on thetop of the boss. The s'tud,7 is

held in place by a cotter pin 9 and a washer 10 at the lower end.

A horizontal stud 11 is rigidly mounted in the, head 8 and projects at right angles to the support or stud 7. The seat 12 is preferably of the usual circular type and is provided with an arm 13 extending substantially radially therefrom and also substan- 'a stop 15 is shown extending lateral y from the arm 13 contacting with the stop 16 extending from the bracket.

A helical spring 17 surrounds the sleeve 14 and is anchored at one end 18 in the arm 13 and: at the other end 19 in a collar 20 rotatably mounted upon the stud 11. .The collar 20 preferably is provided with a polygonal extension 21 enabling it to be grasped by a wrench for the adjustment of the attachment of the'spring. The stud 11 is pro- :vided with a plurality of transverse apertures 22 adapted to receive the cotter pin 23 andthe collar 20 is preferably provided with a larger number of apertures 24: to receivethe cotter pin so that the collar may be adjusted to cause any one. of these apertures to come into alinement with either of the apertures 22 through the stud. By reason of this adjustment any desired tension may be placed upon the helical spring 17 so that the tension of the spring maybe made just sufficient to retain the seat in substantially vertical or inoperative position when raised to such position by the operative or the tension of the spring may be increased sufficiently to throw the seat immediately to the substantially vertical or inoperative position when it is releasedby the operative, all as more fully set forth in my aforesaid patent.

Suitable connections are provided between the support 7 which rotates on a vertical axis and the socket portion 6 of the bracketv to cause the support to rotate about its vertical axis when the seat is swung about the hori- I zontal axis of the stud 11. As a simple and preferred construction foreffecting this endv agearing connection is illustrated. This gearing connection is shown as a series of radial pins 25 projecting from the boss 6 and corresponding gear teeth 26 formed on a flange extending substantially in the plane of the arm 13. i

It will thus be seen that as the seat is swung about the stud 11 from its open or operative position shown in full lines in the drawing to its closed vertical or inoperative position that this gearing connection will cause the support 7 to rotate about its verticalaxis swinging the stud 11 into parallelism. with the front of the frame as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 and bringing the seat into vertical position parallel with and against the front of the frame. It will also be seen that when the seat is moved from its vertical or inoperative position to its horizontal or operative positlon the reverse to with the machine frame or some part connected thereto'or by cooperating stops on the two parts. Such stops are shown in the drawing at 27 on the arm 13 and 28 on the bracket.

The seat in its. movement between'open and closed positions therefore has a compound vertical andhorizontal swinging movement. 'When the seat is in open position itextends out beyond the end ofthe frame with the seat standing in a horizontal plane and with the arm 13 standing in a vertical plane which is parallel to but not normal to the vertical plane of the front or back of the machine frame. When the seat has i moved to its closed or' inoperative position the plane of the seat stands in a substantially vertical planeparallel to or inclinedto the vertical plane of the machine frame.

It will thus be seen that asimple and efli cient structure of seat is provided which. oc-

rest snugly against the front 'or back ofthe machine frame. r q i Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is f a 1. A folding seat comprising a bracket and means for attaching it to a machine frame, a support mounted in the bracket for rotation about a vertical axis,'a seat prO- vided with an arm mounted on the support for rotation about a horizontal axis, and gearing connections between the arm and the bracket acting upon rotation of the arm to effect the rotation of the support. 7 V i 2. A folding seat comprising the construction defined in claim 1 together with co- 1 operating stops on the arm and'bracket to limit the downward rotationof the. arm and to position the seat for occupancy.

3. A folding seat comprising a. bracket.

and means for attaching it to a :machine frame, a seat provided with an arm, and connections between the said arm and bracket acting to effect the movement of the ment of the seat between an open;position in a horizontal plane and a closed position in a substantially vertical plane against the front or back of the machine frame.

5. A folding seat comprising a bracket and means for attachin it to a machine frame, a seat provided with an arm extending substantially radially and substantially in the plane of the seat, amovable connectiong between the end of the arm and thebracket acting to direct the movement of the seat between an open position in a horizontal plane and a closed position in a vertical plane substantially parallel to the arm when in open position. 7

6. A folding seat comprising a bracket and means for attaching it to a machine frame, a support mounted in the bracket for rotation about a vertical axis, a stud extending horizontally from the support, a seat provided with an arm mounted for horizontal rotation on the stud, gearing connections between the arm and the bracket acting upon rotation of the arm to effect the rotation of the support.

7. A folding seat comprising the construction defined in claim 6 in which the said car rying connection comprises a plurality of pins extending radially from the bracket and intermeshing gear teeth projecting from the arm.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

ALONZO E. RHOADES. 

